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Trump-Class Battleships Are ‘Exactly’ what The Navy Needs, SWO Boss Says

The new Trump-class battleship is needed due to limitations the Navy has found with what it could outfit its destroyers with, requiring the service to find a larger hull size, according to by the service’s top surface warfare officer

2026-02-12 10:05:21 0 Comment 4524 view

UK’s Challenger 3 Tank Hits Milestone With Crewed Live Fire

The British Army’s newly upgraded Challenger 3 Main Battle Tank has undergone and completed crewed live firing, ticking off a key milestone for the £800 million ($1.08 billion) program, expected to eventually deliver 148 vehicles into service

2026-01-21 04:43:01 0 Comment 20967 view

150 aircraft, Cyber Effects And ‘Overwhelming Force:’ How The Venezuela Operation Unfolded

The surprise, complex operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was the result of long-term planning between the US military and its intelligence agencies, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said today

2026-01-06 13:12:57 0 Comment 20742 view

Upgraded Sub-Launched Nuclear Warhead Program Wraps Production

Production has completed on America’s newest submarine-launched nuclear warhead, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

2025-12-22 08:22:54 1 Comment 20782 view

Lessons For Combat Medicine From The Ukraine Conflict

The US Army has spearheaded much of combat medicine’s development since our battle-worn nation fired its first shots at Lexington, evolving with every conflict since

2025-12-02 08:30:02 0 Comment 27150 view

Navy Kills Four Ships In Constellation-class Frigate Program In ‘Strategic Shift’

Navy Secretary John Phelan today said the service will terminate the last four ships in the Constellation-class frigate program, keeping only the two vessels already under construction

2025-11-26 04:20:59 0 Comment 28748 view

Golden Dome Faces Challenges Of Size, Scope And Scale From Every Angle

The announcement of the Golden Dome missile defense system to protect the United States from missile attacks represented a major shift in defense priorities for the US military — and presents myriad challenges when trying to protect a country the size of the US

2025-11-19 08:21:45 0 Comment 23422 view

Pentagon Formalizes Conventional Forces’ Role In Irregular Warfare, But Will It Stick?

A recent Pentagon directive officially broadens the responsibility of irregular warfare (IW) well beyond the remit of special operations forces, in a move that former practicioners and experts said could be a significant development for America’s posture in the gray zone — but only if there’s real-world follow through

2025-11-14 11:00:38 0 Comment 23789 view

Indonesia’s J-10 Fighter Buy From China A Geopolitical Play With Capability Risks

An Indonesian official’s announcement earlier this month that Jakarta intends to buy at least 42 Chinese J-10 fighter aircraft raised more than a few eyebrows

2025-10-31 01:41:40 0 Comment 32842 view

Army ‘Hitting Stride’ With 155mm Production, But General Worries Over What’s Needed Next

After decades of stagnation, America’s ammunition industry is beginning to boom again, according to a senior Army official

2025-10-23 02:56:27 0 Comment 53944 view

Beware ‘Drone-tastic’ Thinking: UK Armed Forces Chief Says ‘Traditional’ Capabilities Still Matter

Drones alone will not be enough to secure victory in future conflicts, according to the outgoing head of the UK armed forces, but the aircraft offer an opportunity to “adjust the way that we’ve traditionally fought” today

2025-08-18 04:41:25 0 Comment 56209 view

B-52 Radar Upgrade Faces New Delays, GAO Says

The B-52 Stratofortress is now not expected to field an upgraded radar until as late as 2030, a delay of roughly three years, as officials struggle to modernize the Eisenhower-era bomber, according to a watchdog report

2025-06-14 08:13:26 0 Comment 91025 view

How South Korea Can Deter North Korea’s Nuclear Gambit With Precision Air And Naval Power

The Atlantic Council’s recent report, A Rising Nuclear Double-Threat in East Asia: Insights from Our Guardian Tiger I and II Tabletop Exercises, has reignited urgent conversations about deterrence credibility in the Indo-Pacific

2025-06-09 05:03:44 0 Comment 63960 view

Hegseth Says US Will Not Be ‘Pushed Out’ Of Indo-Pacific, Calls On Allies To Boost Defense Spending

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth used a key address here in Singapore to assert that while the US doesn’t seek war with China

2025-06-03 07:06:30 2 Comment 72130 view

Time For Space Force To ‘Clearly Say’ It Needs ‘Weapons In Space’: SPACECOM Head

Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of US Space Command, today put a capstone on the public campaign by top military space officials to reorient the US way of war to emphasize space is very much a new front for fighting

2025-04-11 03:20:35 0 Comment 58691 view

New Australian Submarine Industrial Base Strategy Calls For $30 Billion AUD Investment

The Australian government this week released a new strategy document calling for $30 billion AUD ($19 billion USD) in investment

2025-03-15 12:58:04 0 Comment 102558 view

Rafael, Kratos Team To Produce Solid Rocket Motors As Prometheus Energetics

Rafael, the Israeli company that makes Iron Dome, is creating a joint venture with US firm Kratos to produce solid rocket motors (SRMs)

2025-03-03 06:13:10 0 Comment 60620 view

Pentagon Marks 2 Long-Range Tests With Army’s PrSM And Army-Navy Hypersonic Missile

The US Army has taken two new steps forward in its quest for long-range strike capabilities that will be able to hold threats in the Pacific at range

2024-12-16 12:26:32 0 Comment 87420 view

How The Pentagon (Quietly) Spent $1 Billion Of Inflation Relief Money

When inflation soared in the wake of the pandemic, the defense industry emphatically warned the Pentagon of a problem

2024-11-15 03:21:32 0 Comment 81100 view

AUKUS Faces Little Threat From Trump, Aussie Officials Say

Senior Australian officials declared their relations with the United States sound in the wake of the victory of president-elect Donald Trump

2024-11-09 13:08:04 0 Comment 46540 view